House File 2680 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE
BY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
(SUCCESSOR TO HF 2487)
(SUCCESSOR TO HSB 529)
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to student achievement and teacher quality
2 program definitions and requirements and extending or changing
3 program allocations.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 282.10, subsection 4, Code 2007, is
1 2 amended to read as follows:
1 3 4. A whole grade sharing agreement shall be signed by the
1 4 boards of the districts involved in the agreement not later
1 5 than February 1 of the school year preceding the school year
1 6 for which the agreement is to take effect. The boards of the
1 7 districts shall negotiate as part of the new or existing
1 8 agreement the disposition of teacher quality funding provided
1 9 under chapter 284.
1 10 Sec. 2. Section 284.2, subsection 11, Code Supplement
1 11 2007, is amended to read as follows:
1 12 11. "Teacher" means an individual who holds a
1 13 practitioner's license issued under chapter 272, or a
1 14 statement of professional recognition issued under chapter 272
1 15 who is employed in a nonadministrative position by a school
1 16 district or area education agency pursuant to a contract
1 17 issued by a board of directors under section 279.13. A
1 18 teacher may be employed in both an administrative and a
1 19 nonadministrative position by a board of directors and shall
1 20 be considered a part=time teacher for the portion of time that
1 21 the teacher is employed in a nonadministrative position.
1 22 "Teacher" includes a licensed individual employed on a less
1 23 than full=time basis by a school district through a contract
1 24 between the school district and an institution of higher
1 25 education with a practitioner preparation program in which the
1 26 licensed teacher is enrolled.
1 27 Sec. 3. Section 284.7, subsection 1, paragraph a,
1 28 subparagraph (2), Code Supplement 2007, is amended to read as
1 29 follows:
1 30 (2) Beginning July 1, 2007 2008, the minimum salary for a
1 31 beginning teacher shall be twenty=six twenty=eight thousand
1 32 five hundred dollars.
1 33 Sec. 4. Section 284.7, subsection 1, paragraph b,
1 34 subparagraph (2), Code Supplement 2007, is amended to read as
1 35 follows:
2 1 (2) Beginning July 1, 2007 2008, the minimum salary for a
2 2 first=year career teacher shall be twenty=seven thirty
2 3 thousand five hundred dollars and the minimum salary for all
2 4 other career teachers shall be twenty=eight thousand five
2 5 hundred dollars.
2 6 Sec. 5. Section 284.7, subsection 5, paragraph b, Code
2 7 Supplement 2007, is amended to read as follows:
2 8 b. If, once the minimum salary requirements of this
2 9 section have been met by the school district or area education
2 10 agency, and the school district or area education agency
2 11 receiving funds pursuant to section 284.13, subsection 1,
2 12 paragraph "h" or "i", for purposes of this section, and the
2 13 certified bargaining representative for the licensed employees
2 14 have not reached an agreement for distribution of the funds
2 15 remaining, in accordance with paragraph "a", the board of
2 16 directors shall divide the funds remaining among full=time
2 17 teachers employed by the district or area education agency
2 18 whose regular compensation is equal to or greater than the
2 19 minimum salary specified in this section. The payment amount
2 20 for teachers employed on less than a full=time basis shall be
2 21 prorated. For purposes of this paragraph, regular
2 22 compensation means base salary plus any salary provided under
2 23 chapter 294A.
2 24 Sec. 6. Section 284.7, subsection 5, Code Supplement 2007,
2 25 is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
2 26 NEW PARAGRAPH. e. A school district or area education
2 27 agency receiving funds pursuant to section 284.13, subsection
2 28 1, paragraph "h" or "i", shall determine the amount to be paid
2 29 to teachers in accordance with this subsection and the amount
2 30 determined to be paid to an individual teacher shall be
2 31 divided evenly and paid in each pay period of the fiscal year
2 32 beginning with the October payroll.
2 33 Sec. 7. Section 284.8, subsection 1, Code Supplement 2007,
2 34 is amended to read as follows:
2 35 1. A school district shall review a teacher's performance
3 1 at least once every three years for purposes of assisting
3 2 teachers in making continuous improvement, documenting
3 3 continued competence in the Iowa teaching standards,
3 4 identifying teachers in need of improvement, or to determine
3 5 whether the teacher's practice meets school district
3 6 expectations for career advancement in accordance with section
3 7 284.7. The review shall include, at minimum, classroom
3 8 observation of the teacher, the teacher's progress, and
3 9 implementation of the teacher's individual professional
3 10 development plan, subject to the level of funding resources
3 11 provided to implement the plan; and shall include supporting
3 12 documentation from parents, students, and other evaluators,
3 13 teachers, parents, and students.
3 14 Sec. 8. Section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code
3 15 Supplement 2007, is amended to read as follows:
3 16 a. For each the fiscal year of the fiscal period beginning
3 17 July 1, 2007 2008, and ending June 30, 2009, to the department
3 18 of education, the amount of one million eighty=seven seven
3 19 hundred seven thousand five hundred dollars for the issuance
3 20 of national board certification awards in accordance with
3 21 section 256.44.
3 22 (1) Of the amount allocated under this paragraph "a", not
3 23 less than eighty=five thousand dollars shall be used to
3 24 administer the ambassador to education position in accordance
3 25 with section 256.45.
3 26 (2) Of the amount allocated under this paragraph "a", for
3 27 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June 30,
3 28 2008, not less than one million dollars shall be used to
3 29 supplement the allocation of funds for market factor teacher
3 30 incentives made pursuant to paragraph "f", subparagraph (1).
3 31 Sec. 9. Section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraphs d and e,
3 32 Code Supplement 2007, are amended to read as follows:
3 33 d. (1) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007 2008,
3 34 and ending June 30, 2008 2009, up to twenty twenty=eight
3 35 million five hundred thousand dollars to the department for
4 1 use by school districts for professional development as
4 2 provided in section 284.6. Of the amount allocated under this
4 3 paragraph, up to eight million five hundred thousand dollars
4 4 shall be provided to school districts for professional
4 5 development related to the infusion and implementation of the
4 6 model core curriculum prescribed in section 256.7, subsection
4 7 26. The department shall distribute funds allocated for the
4 8 purpose of this paragraph based on the average per diem
4 9 contract salary for each district as reported to the
4 10 department for the school year beginning July 1, 2006 2007,
4 11 multiplied by the total number of full=time equivalent
4 12 teachers in the base year. The department shall adjust each
4 13 district's average per diem salary by the allowable growth
4 14 rate established under section 257.8 for the fiscal year
4 15 beginning July 1, 2007 2008. The contract salary amount shall
4 16 be the amount paid for their regular responsibilities but
4 17 shall not include pay for extracurricular activities. These
4 18 funds shall not supplant existing funding for professional
4 19 development activities. Notwithstanding any provision to the
4 20 contrary, moneys received by a school district under this
4 21 paragraph shall not revert but shall remain available for the
4 22 same purpose in the succeeding fiscal year. A school district
4 23 shall submit a report to the department in a manner determined
4 24 by the department describing its use of the funds received
4 25 under this paragraph. The department shall submit a report on
4 26 school district use of the moneys distributed pursuant to this
4 27 paragraph to the general assembly and the legislative services
4 28 agency not later than January 15 of the fiscal year for which
4 29 moneys are allocated for purposes of this paragraph.
4 30 (2) From moneys available under subparagraph (1) for the
4 31 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007 2008, and ending June 30,
4 32 2008 2009, the department shall allocate to area education
4 33 agencies an amount per teacher employed by an area education
4 34 agency that is approximately equivalent to the average per
4 35 teacher amount allocated to the districts. The average per
5 1 teacher amount shall be calculated by dividing the total
5 2 number of teachers employed by school districts and the
5 3 teachers employed by area education agencies into the total
5 4 amount of moneys available under subparagraph (1).
5 5 (3) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008, and ending
5 6 June 30, 2009, up to one million one hundred sixty=five
5 7 thousand dollars to the department for implementation of a
5 8 statewide early childhood professional development system
5 9 through the area education agencies that is designed to
5 10 support the statewide preschool program for four=year=old
5 11 children under chapter 256C and to the extent possible, other
5 12 early childhood programs.
5 13 e. For the each fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, and
5 14 ending June 30, 2008 in which funds are appropriated for
5 15 purposes of this chapter, an amount up to one million eight
5 16 hundred forty=five thousand dollars to the department for the
5 17 establishment of teacher development academies in accordance
5 18 with section 284.6, subsection 10. A portion of the funds
5 19 allocated to the department for purposes of this paragraph may
5 20 be used for administrative purposes.
5 21 Sec. 10. Section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraph f, Code
5 22 Supplement 2007, is amended by striking the paragraph.
5 23 Sec. 11. Section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraph g,
5 24 subparagraph (3), Code Supplement 2007, is amended to read as
5 25 follows:
5 26 (3) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008, and ending
5 27 June 30, 2009, the sum of two million five three hundred
5 28 thirty=five thousand dollars. From the amount allocated for
5 29 the fiscal year under this subparagraph, an amount up to ten
5 30 thousand dollars shall be used for purposes of the
5 31 pay=for=performance commission's expenses, an amount up to one
5 32 hundred thousand dollars shall be used by the department for
5 33 oversight and administration of the implementation pilots as
5 34 provided in sections 284.14 and 284.14A, and an amount up to
5 35 two hundred thousand dollars shall be used for the employment
6 1 of an external evaluator.
6 2 Sec. 12. Section 284.11, Code Supplement 2007, is
6 3 repealed.
6 4 EXPLANATION
6 5 This bill makes changes to the student achievement and
6 6 teacher quality program.
6 7 The bill increases the allocation for national board
6 8 certification awards by $620,000 for FY 2008=2009, requires
6 9 that school districts entering into a whole grade sharing
6 10 agreement include the disposition of student achievement and
6 11 teacher quality funding received in the agreement, changes the
6 12 definition of teacher for purposes of the program, raises the
6 13 minimum beginning and first=year career teacher salaries,
6 14 defines regular compensation, allocates $8.5 million to school
6 15 districts for professional development related to
6 16 implementation of the model core curriculum, allocates
6 17 $1,165,000 for implementation through the area education
6 18 agencies of a statewide early childhood professional
6 19 development system to support the statewide preschool program,
6 20 and extends program allocations for professional development
6 21 for school district and area education agency teachers and for
6 22 teacher development academies through FY 2008=2009.
6 23 The bill changes the definition of teacher to eliminate
6 24 language related to individuals who are part=time teachers
6 25 under a contract between a school district and a practitioner
6 26 preparation program.
6 27 The bill increases the minimum beginning teacher's salary
6 28 to $28,000 from $26,500, and increases the minimum first=year
6 29 career teacher's salary to $30,000 from $27,500. The bill
6 30 also eliminates language setting the minimum salary for all
6 31 other career teachers at $28,500.
6 32 When the school district or area education agency and the
6 33 certified bargaining representative for the institution's
6 34 licensed employees have not reached an agreement for purposes
6 35 of distributing teacher salary funding, the bill defines
7 1 "regular compensation" as the base salary plus any salary
7 2 moneys provided under the educational excellence program. The
7 3 bill also provides that the salary moneys will be divided
7 4 evenly and paid in each pay period of the fiscal year
7 5 beginning with the October payroll.
7 6 Currently, a school district must review a teacher's
7 7 performance at least once every three years. The bill
7 8 replaces the language that limits the review to certain areas
7 9 subject to the level of funding provided, to instead make the
7 10 limitation subject to the level of resources provided. The
7 11 bill also eliminates a requirement that the review include
7 12 supporting documentation from other evaluators.
7 13 The bill reduces the fiscal year 2008=2009 allocation for
7 14 pay=for=performance and career ladder pilots to $335,000 from
7 15 $2.5 million.
7 16 The bill eliminates future funding for market factor
7 17 teacher incentives, repeals the language providing for the
7 18 incentives, and eliminates obsolete language related to the
7 19 incentives.
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